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The grading must be for when it's wet

5.9 Godzilla 5.8 Gendarme on NRS 5.7 first pitch of Outer Space crack

Old Lady 1: "The food is terrible here!" Old Lady 2: "Agreed! And such small portions!"

good point Dru, complaining about complainers is obviously contradictory. But my post was actually intended to be an analogy in the guise of a climbing story.

It's the goddamned license-plate manufacturers union. They got Gary Locke in their pocket.

You get 'em at the license place with your new registration. It's real easy. I think it costs some more money. Every seven years.

You know the type. You're out on a climb and your partner has a headache. He lets you know. "Oh that's too bad. I got some ibuprofen in my pack. You want some?" Maybe he takes some maybe he doesn't. Then a little while later, you hear about the headache again. Then a little later. Then a little later again. Does this happen to you? Or is it just something about me that resembles a support group? Listen peoples, we are all sympathetic to your plights (well sometimes, the best of us are). But can we just be informed once? Or maybe twice, just to keep us abreast of the situation should it require action? I know it sounds cold-hearted, but the reality of the situation is, NOONE really "feels your pain". NOONE really cares about your headache unless it's going to make you turn around and ruin the climbing day for both of us. It doesn't do anybody any good to continually nag. Let's just please make the decision to either go home now, or just suffer and shut up.

Mmmmm OK, we'll just get Santa Claus, Peter Pan, Enron and the Japanese to pick up the other 90% of the tab.

I'm sure they won't need a gigantic beauracracy to tabulate every goddamn thing sold in the United States and bill somebody for it.

I put some pictures up of the climb here. And another thing I forgot on the gear list... two 60m ropes.

Hey Guys! Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out .

Personally, I think it's sucking less.

Bring 17 draws.

revisiting the classics!

Enjoy! I know you will .

The Rock and Ice blurb

YOU'LL NEVER AGAIN HAVE TO CLEAN UP THOSE ANNOYING CARPET KITTY SKIDMARKS!!!

Damn! I was hoping to spy Harry Pi in here . Not that I don't like any of you guys...

He's the yin to your yang Maybe you guys could get together for some crab and a hot tub. (and yes, it is official, he has been banned).

Will, you give some sound advice which would probably work. But the sad fact is, when you got kids and a job, that it's usually worth it to just bend over and pay the $80, to take your skis home and get it done with. You often just don't have the time to make 3 more trips to REI. F*kkin' REI sucks. Scott shouldn'ta taken that crap, but I can sympathize with his situation.

Right on! Too bad you didn't go to Index, then you coulda titled the thread: "Trip Report: Index open for bidness"

Sheesh Roark, you talk about guns as if they were bad.

Those pins have been "missing" for 10 years. And yes, it does make it a bit scary. What I think makes it scary is the fact that even though you're not that high up, you are right above the anchor setup so there's a good chance of getting your feet all tangled up and flipping over onto your head, or possibly disrupting the belay.